Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Southwest Research Institute

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

5
Hard (62%)
2
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 1 72.1% +26.4%
SANGHERA, JAS A 1 94.6% +4.9%
BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 1 85.5% +16.7%
YOON, ERIC 1 58.6% +65.6%
MENGESHA, WEBESHET 1 47.7% +12.7%
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 52.4% +55.0%
MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 1 70.3% +10.4%
SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1 34.5% +19.3%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17524589 GUIDED WAVE TESTING OF WELDS IN PIPELINES AND PLATE STRUCTURES MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 3d overdue
17387129 INHIBITION OF MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN SIMMONS, CHRIS E 8d
18913211 TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF AERATION IN A FLOW STREAM VIA ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES SANGHERA, JAS A
18754012 Shaded-Truss Externally Occulted Solar Coronagraph BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS
18750117 PHYSICS-INFORMED STATE OF HEALTH FOR GRID APPLICATIONS USING A DIGITAL TWIN OF A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM YOON, ERIC

Interview Candidates (7)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17524589 GUIDED WAVE TESTING OF WELDS IN PIPELINES AND PLATE STRUCTURES MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 3d overdue
17387129 INHIBITION OF MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN SIMMONS, CHRIS E 8d
18976521 ENGINE ANOMALY DETECTION AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC
18754012 Shaded-Truss Externally Occulted Solar Coronagraph BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS
18750117 PHYSICS-INFORMED STATE OF HEALTH FOR GRID APPLICATIONS USING A DIGITAL TWIN OF A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM YOON, ERIC
18545364 Cryogenic-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture System MENGESHA, WEBESHET
18529015 SYNTHESIS OF BIS-OXIME HETEROCYCLES KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3747 1
2877 1
2118 1
3763 1
1626 1
2855 1
1622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18976521 ENGINE ANOMALY DETECTION AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 3747 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 11, 2024
18913211 TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF AERATION IN A FLOW STREAM VIA ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES SANGHERA, JAS A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18754012 Shaded-Truss Externally Occulted Solar Coronagraph BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 2877 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18750117 PHYSICS-INFORMED STATE OF HEALTH FOR GRID APPLICATIONS USING A DIGITAL TWIN OF A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM YOON, ERIC 2118 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18545364 Cryogenic-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture System MENGESHA, WEBESHET 3763 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 19, 2023
18529015 SYNTHESIS OF BIS-OXIME HETEROCYCLES KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
17524589 GUIDED WAVE TESTING OF WELDS IN PIPELINES AND PLATE STRUCTURES MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 2855 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2021
17387129 INHIBITION OF MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 28, 2021

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